Court relieves Deputy Health Minister Vasylyshyn of his duties until early September

Kyiv's Dniprovsky District Court on Thursday relieved former deputy head of the Health Ministry of Ukraine Roman Vasylyshyn of his duties until September 8, the press service of the Kyiv office of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (GPO) has said.

Vasylyshyn is relieved from performing his duties at the health ministry, in order to take part in the criminal proceedings and the pretrial investigation. Bail for Vasylyshyn on July 12 was set at UAH 2 million.

Vasylyshyn in November 2015 was appointed deputy health minister and put in charge of ministry personnel. He had previously worked as the chief doctor at Kyiv's Central Clinical hospital, known as the Oleksandrivska Hospital.